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Category I. Prohibited AltogetherAltogether Category II. To Save the Woman’s Life Category III. To Preserve Health CategoryCategory IV. IV. Socioeconomic Socioeconomic Grounds Grounds Category V.V. OnOn RequestRequest (Gestational (Gestational Limits Limits Vary) Vary) Indicators 2423 COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES 3942 COUNTRIESCOUNTRIES 6352 COUNTRIES 1314 COUNTRIES COUNTRIES 6472 COUNTRIES

The laws of the countries in this category do not permit abortion under The laws of the countries in this category permit abortion when the The laws of countries in this category permit abortion on the basis of These laws are generally interpreted liberally to permit abortion under a All Countries in Category V have gestational limits of 12 weeks unless R Abortion permitted in cases of any circumstances, including when the woman’s life or health is at risk. woman’s life is at risk. health or therapeutic grounds. Countries in bold explicitly permit broad range of circumstances. These countries often take into account a otherwise indicated. I Abortion permitted in cases of incest abortion to preserve the woman’s mental health. Countries with a  woman's actual or reasonably foreseeable environment and her social or Andorra Afghanistan Somalia W8 Gestational limit of 8 weeks W24 Gestational limit of 24 weeks F Abortion permitted in cases of fetal impairment Aruba Antigua & Barbuda South Sudan permit abortion only when the woman's physical health is at risk. economic circumstances in considering the potential impact of W10 Gestational limit of 10 weeks D90 Gestational limit of 90 days or three months Congo (Brazzaville) Bahrain Sri Lanka Countries with a † are based on Rex v. Bourne. The World Health pregnancy and childbearing. W14 Gestational limit of 14 weeks D120 Gestational limit of 120 days SA Spousal authorization required W18 Gestational limit of 18 weeks ∞ Law does not limit pre-viability abortion Curaçao Bangladesh Sudan: R Organization advises that countries permitting abortion on health W22 Gestational limit of 22 weeks º Law does not indicate gestational limit; regulatory mechanisms vary PA Parental authorization/noti cation required Dominican Republic Bhutan: R, I, + Syria: SA, PA grounds should interpret “health” to mean “a state of complete Barbados: R, I, F, PA Egypt Brazil: R, + Tanzania physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of Belize: F Albania: PA Greece: PA Puerto Rico∞ + Abortion permitted on additional enumerated grounds relating to El Salvador Brunei Darussalam Timor-Leste: PA disease or in rmity.” Ethiopia: R, I, F, + ArgentinaW14 Guinea-Bissauº Republic of North such factors as the woman’s age or capacity to care for a child Haiti Chile: R, F Tuvalu Fiji: R, I, F, PA W8 Macedonia (formerly Armenia: PA Guyana SX Sex-selective abortion prohibited Honduras Côte d’Ivoire: R Uganda Algeria Grenada Saint Lucia: R, I Finland: R, F, + Australia:  Hungary Macedonia): PA Iraq Dominica United Arab Emirates (UAE): F, SA, Angola: R, I, F, PA Guinea: R, I, F Samoa Great Britain: F AustriaD90 IcelandW22 RomaniaW14  Legislation explicitly permits abortion only to protect the physical Jamaica Gabon: R, I, F, + PA Bahamas Israel: R, I, F, + Saudi Arabia: SA, PA Hong Kong: R, I, F Azerbaijan Ireland Russian Fed. health of the woman Laos Gambia: F Venezuela Benin: R, I, F Jordan Seychelles: R, I, F, + India: R, F, PA Belarus ItalyD90 Sao Tome & Principe Madagascar Guatemala Yemen: SA Bolivia: R, I Kenya Thailand: R, F Japan: R, SA BelgiumW14 Kazakhstan Serbia: PA ? Law unclear Malta Indonesia: R, F, SA Rwanda: R, I, F, + W10 W24 Botswana: R, I, F Kuwait: F, SA, PA Togo: R, I, F Bosnia-Herzegovina: PA Kosovo : PA, SX Singapore  Federal system in which is determined at state level; Mauritania Iran: F Lesotho: R, I, F Trinidad & Tobago: † Saint Vincent & Grenadines: R, I, F Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Slovak Rep.: PA Burkina Faso: R, I, F classi cation reects legal status of abortion for largest group Nicaragua Kiribati Burundi Liberia: R, I, F Vanuatu Taiwan: R, I, F, SA, PA CambodiaW14: PA Latvia: PA Slovenia: PA Palau: ? Lebanon Cameroon: R Liechtenstein: R, PA, + Zimbabwe: R, I, F,  Zambia: F Canada° Lithuania: PA South Africa of people Philippines Libya Central African Rep.: R, I, F, + Malaysia Cape Verde LuxembourgW14 SpainW14: PA San Marino Malawi Chad: R, I, F Mauritius: R, I, F, PA China°: SX MaldivesD120 SwedenW18 Senegal Mali: R, I Colombia: R, I, F Monaco: R, I, F,  CroatiaW10: PA Moldova: PA Switzerland Sierra Leone Marshall Islands: ? Comoros Morocco: SA Cuba: PA MongoliaD90 Tajikistan Suriname Mexico: R, F,  Costa Rica Namibia: R, I, F Cyprus Montenegro: PA, SX TunisiaD90 Tonga Micronesia: ?,  Dem. Rep. of Congo: R, I, F Nauru: R, I, F, + Czech Rep.: PA Mozambique TurkeyW10: SA, PA West Bank & Gaza Strip Myanmar Djibouti Niger: F Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea° Nepal: SX Turkmenistan Nigeria Ecuador: + Pakistan Denmark: PA Netherlands∞ Ukraine Oman Equatorial Guinea: SA, PA Peru Estonia New Caledonia United States∞: PA,  Panama: R, F, PA Eritrea: R, I, + Poland: R, I, PA FranceW14 New ZealandW20 Uruguay: PA Papua New Guinea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland): Qatar: F French Guiana Northern Ireland Uzbekistan Paraguay R, I, F Rep. of Korea: R, I, SA, + Georgia: PA Norway: PA Vietnam° Solomon Islands Ghana: R, I, F, + Saint Kitts & Nevis: † GermanyW14 PortugalW10: PA